What are Oracle patches and patchsets?

Oracle patches are "one-off" patches installed using OPatch. Patchsets are collections of patches installed using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).

A CPU is a Critical Patch Update. It is a quarterly patch bundle that is related to security. CPUs are cumulative, meaning only the latest needs to be applied. They are installed via OPatch and are version and platform specific.

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